Dr. Muhamad Aly Rifai, MD, FACP, FAPA, FACLP
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
241 North 13 th Street Easton Pennsylvania, 18042About
Dr. Muhamad Rifai is a psychiatrist practicing in Easton, Pennsylvania. Dr. Rifai is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Rifai diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Rifai may treat patients through a variety of methods including medications, psychotherapy or talk therapy, psychosocial interventions and more, depending on each individual case. Different medications that a psychiatrist might prescribe include antidepressants, antipsychotic mediations, mood stabilizers, stimulants, sedatives and hypnotics. Dr. Rifai treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Faculty of Medicine, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria M.D. 1996
American College at Aleppo B.S. 1990
Board Certification
American Board of Addiction Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Preventive Medicine
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Psychosomatic Medicine (Psychiatry and Neurology)
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 2003
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Psychosomatic Medicine- 2004
Provider Details
Awards
- National Institute of Mental Health Clinical Excellence Award 2005 National Institute of Mental Health
- William Webb Award 2006 Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
- National Research Service Award National Research Service
Treatments
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (tms)
- Depression And Anxiety
- Anger Management
- Career Counseling
- Addiction
- Alzheimer's
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Internet Addiction
- Medical Detox Program
- Medication Management
- Substance Abuse
- Suicidal Ideation
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Weight Loss
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Personality Disorders
Professional Memberships
- Fellow American College of Physicians 2009
- Fellow Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine 2007
- Fellow American Psychiatric Association 2016
- Fellow American College of Physicians Executives 2011
Fellowships
- National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland Consultation Psychiatry 2005
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